Courtney McGrailDear Editor, As we approach next month’s Synod of Bishops on the family, one needs to be careful which side one chooses to take in all this. In relation to the Kasper proposal, Cardinal Kasper and others are putting forward a proposal for changes to allow divorced and ‘remarried’ Catholics to receive Holy Communion and…
Month: September 2015
To Calvary and Bach for top Irish composer
Greg DalyPatrick Cassidy tells Greg Daly about finding your own voice while respecting tradition
PLC say abortion campaign is media-driven crusade
Staff reporter The Pro-Life Campaign has insisted that attempts to remove constitutional protections for unborn children is a media-driven crusade. The group was responding to a Behaviours and Attitudes survey on abortion, published in the Irish Examiner, claiming that 64% of farmers polled favour dismantling the 8th Amendment to allow for abortion on wider grounds. Dr…
World News in Brief
Syrian doctor cautions of the West getting used to attrocities People in the West are in danger of taking for granted atrocities committed in Syria, according to the Marist brother who is director of one of Aleppo’s two remaining hospitals. “We think that the repetition of the denunciation of the crimes committed and the suffering of Syrians risks becoming insignificant,” said Dr Nabil Antaki,…
Traditional high Mass in Galway
A traditional High Mass is to be celebrated in Galway cathedral on Saturday, September 26 at 2pm. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the cathedral’s dedication, the Mass will be the first high Mass there since the liturgical reforms introduced under Pope Paul VI. Music at the Mass will be performed by the Dublin Choral Foundation’s…
Divisions in Perspective
Politicking within the Church is nothing new, says Martin Browne OSB
A credible voice for the poor at the UN
Mags GarganMags Gargan speaks to a Mercy Sister working at the heart of global development policy
A greeting too far in the sacristy
Dear Editor, Michael Healy (Letters, September 17, 2015) isn’t the only person who thinks that the priest greeting everyone twice at Mass is superfluous. In the sacristy of Clonskeagh church in Dublin, I once greeted the late curate, Fr Arthur Larkin, with “Good evening Father” and then, after a short pause, “Good evening Father” again. …
Parish ‘cluster mission’ to prepare for future Church
Cathal BarryAn upcoming ‘cluster mission’ in Galway is set to give parishioners a taste of what the future holds for the Church in Ireland. Glenamaddy and Williamson Parish Priest, Fr Paddy Mooney, said the mission will “give people a greater awareness of their need to travel to neighbouring parishes” for Mass in a time with fewer…
Bishops set to discuss House of Prayer
Irish bishops are set to discuss controversial Achill House of Prayer founder Christina Gallagher at a meeting next week, The Irish Catholic understands. It is understood that the bishops, who will gather at Maynooth next week for this year’s autumn General Meeting, have been sent a briefing document on the movement behind the self-proclaimed visionary.…